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Technology Stocks : Advanced Micro Devices - Moderated (AMD)
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To: THE WATSONYOUTH who wrote (22718)12/17/2000 8:32:39 PM
From: Dan3Read Replies (1) of 275872
 
Re: Intel's take on SOI.

Thanks for the link. It's just beyond an abstract, so it's a bit difficult to note the details of what they were actually comparing. I noticed in their conclusion that they explain that it was only after "aggressive reduction in junction capacitance of our bulk CMOS process" that the benefits of SOI reduced to 10% at .1 micron and 16% at .18. (compared to the 25% benefit they originally reported)

It sounds as though the inclusion of "aggressive reduction in junction capacitance" of AMD's SOI will put them right back at the 25% performance gain IBM has been reporting. And AMD has said they will be using augmenting their SOI process with low-K.

I remember that Intel originally claimed they could use aluminum for .13, then they learned better. Deja Vu?

I'm just a layman in this area, what is your take on the possible benefits / lack of benefits?

Regards,

Dan
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